Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global GovernanceWolfgang H. Reinicke, Francis Mading Deng, Jan Martin Witte, International Development Research Centre (Canada) IDRC, 2000 - 141 pages The new global environment requires new approaches, new ideas and innovative tools to address new challenges in areas as different as weapons control, climate change, genetic engineering, and labor standards. Critical Choices looks at one such tool: global public policy networks. In these networks, governments, international organizations, the corporate sector and civil society join together to achieve what none can accomplish on its own. The authors explore both the promises and the limitations of this new form of global cooperation. They discuss how such networks might contribute to better manage the risks and make use of the opportunities that globalization presents. Finally, they offer provocative advice and solid recommendations on how the United Nations can foster such networks in the years ahead. |
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... actors in this sensitive issue area . - THE CARE AND TENDING OF NETWORKS This description of GPP networks may foster the impression that networks sprout and grow almost naturally when the need for them arises and the circumstances are ...
... actors in this sensitive issue area . - THE CARE AND TENDING OF NETWORKS This description of GPP networks may foster the impression that networks sprout and grow almost naturally when the need for them arises and the circumstances are ...
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... actors whose inclusion they seek , such as by providing access to information technology , expertise , or direct funding . WHAT ROLE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS ? The leadership of the United Nations has begun to place the idea of GPP ...
... actors whose inclusion they seek , such as by providing access to information technology , expertise , or direct funding . WHAT ROLE FOR THE UNITED NATIONS ? The leadership of the United Nations has begun to place the idea of GPP ...
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... acting as a facilitator and platform for GPP networks , the United Nations can play an intermediary role between ... actors to partici- pate in the development of GPP while increasing its own effectiveness and credibility . In many ...
... acting as a facilitator and platform for GPP networks , the United Nations can play an intermediary role between ... actors to partici- pate in the development of GPP while increasing its own effectiveness and credibility . In many ...
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... actors from nongovernmen- tal organizations and the business community would be to develop the Global Compact on a trisectoral basis . By making itself a safe place for all the key actors to convene to negotiate politically ...
... actors from nongovernmen- tal organizations and the business community would be to develop the Global Compact on a trisectoral basis . By making itself a safe place for all the key actors to convene to negotiate politically ...
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... actors precisely because of the productive tensions on which they rest . GPP networks do not offer an easy ride , but the difficulties are well worth the risk , given the daunting challenges of a complex world with an ever - expanding ...
... actors precisely because of the productive tensions on which they rest . GPP networks do not offer an easy ride , but the difficulties are well worth the risk , given the daunting challenges of a complex world with an ever - expanding ...
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